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2068 – two old Athos maps and two (old) books

Posted on August 14, 2019

Sometimes beautiful treasures are not far away. Our fellow Athos pilgrim Jacques from Haarlem stumbled upon a second hand bookshop in Amsterdam, showing numerous Athos books in the window. When I visited the antiquarian bookshop last week the owner told … Continue reading →

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2067 – The garden pulley of Simonos Petras

Posted on August 11, 2019

The gardens are located on terraces below the monastery. Wooden ladders connect the gardens with each other. The gardens from above. A garden worker is resting against the stone monastery wall. A monks is coming his way. Vegetables are lifted … Continue reading →

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2066 – Crossing the Profitou Eliou stream

Posted on July 30, 2019

In between the monastery of Pantocratoros and the Skiti of Profitou Eliou is a nice path (red and dotted line on the map) slightly uphill. It will take 30 minutes to get to the former Russian skiti. In the low … Continue reading →

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2065 – the legend of Fathers Jacobos and Gervasios from Simonospetras

Posted on July 28, 2019

On our way to Athos in September 2018 we payed a visit to the monastery of Ormylia- a beautiful stopover near Polygyros on your way to Ouranopolis -where we kindly were welcomed by Sister Prosdoki. The Ormylia monastery is only … Continue reading →

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2064 – a closer look at the Iviron aqueduct

Posted on July 23, 2019

During our road trip in September 2018 together with Father Theodosius from Simonospetras we paid a visit to the aqueduct of Iviron. In earlier posts, 1985 and 1608 ,we showed you pictures others made on this spot, including those of … Continue reading →

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2063 – 56-year-old offender was arrested for theft in the Monastery of Iviron – news from June 14th

Posted on July 17, 2019

“After a large police operation, a thief was arrested on June 13th around 9 in the evening, who stole the votive offerings from the icon of Panagia Portaitissa at the monastery of Iviron, Mount Athos.The offender is a 56-year-old Romanian … Continue reading →

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2062 – Xenofontos, a photo survey within the monastery, part 3

Posted on July 10, 2019

In post 2057 and 2061 I showed the first two courtyards of Xenofontos monastery (the red letters A and B on the map below). Today we will take a closer look at courtyard C, that lies between the new katholicon … Continue reading →

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